Political Quotes

“Absolutely. So what we are going to do is tax only those people who make over $4,000, a king's ransom at that time, and unfortunately, at least for the Congress, they were trying to use the existing Constitution. Because of its vagueness, the Supreme Court overturned it, said an income tax is unconstitutional. That led to the constitutional amendment in 1909 that fundamentally changed our tax system that we now struggle with today. So I think it is interesting that if we went back to our Founding Fathers, they recognized the dangers of an income tax, and here we are in 2004 trying to say America, wake up. It is time. Again, I thank the gentleman from Georgia for this visionary approach and the work that he has done in this environment, but we have talked about criminals and tax cheats and illegals who have an underground economy. Help the American people understand the challenge that we face just in that underground economy. Help them understand the numbers.”